Chapter 1411 Detonating Andu and Assassinating the Eldest Prince
Ren Ruyi's actions were very decisive and very efficient. He easily sneaked into Zhu Yiwei, found the current Zhu Yiwei's left envoy, asked him what he wanted to know, and then killed him directly.
Only one sentence was left: "Whoever hurts Marquis Changqing will die."
At the same time, Zhou Chen also went to the Andu Branch of Liudao Hall and collected all the intelligence information about Queen Zhaojie.
Ning Yuanzhou and others took Yang Ying to Yong'an Tower where Emperor Wu was imprisoned. However, only Yang Ying entered Yong'an Tower to see Emperor Wu, and the others could only wait outside.
It's a pity that Ning Yuanzhou and others went there with hope, but the answers Yang Ying gave them made them very disappointed.
Even though they had known that Emperor Wu would threaten them, after it actually happened, they still felt sad.
Liu Daotang served the country, and the Tiandao Dao brothers sacrificed their lives to protect Emperor Wu, almost leaving no bones. But in the end, it ended up like this. Even after death, there was no peace, and reputation was used as a bargaining chip. How could it be possible? Not chilling.
But after all, they were loyal and trustworthy people. Even though they were sad in their hearts, they still did not give up the purpose of this mission.
After Ren Ruyi killed Chen Gui, the left envoy of Zhu Yiwei, he quickly returned to the envoy's residence and met Zhou Chen.
"Is the matter resolved?"
"It's half solved. Chen Gui was not the mastermind behind the Wudu branch's death. Since it's not him, it's another one. I killed Chen Gui today. She must have been alerted. Even if I don't go find him She, she will probably come to me."
Zhou Chen nodded, then pointed to a pile of documents on the table and said, "This is information about Queen Zhaojie. Although there is no exact cause of death, after reading this, you can probably understand who the culprit is. "
Ren Ruyi's expression suddenly changed, and then he carefully looked through the content summarized by Zhou Chen.
After a long time, she put it down with a gloomy expression, and her eyes became extremely cold.
"Di An, the eldest prince, there is actually the second prince and the mother clan of the empress..."
Zhou Chen sighed: "The matter is already very clear. Emperor An was very aggressive at first, but An's resources were limited after all, so he hooked up with Beipan, bought war horses and other supplies, and gave Beipan countless resources. This matter was revealed by Queen Zhaojie I know, after Queen Zhaojie’s persuasion failed, there was a gap between the two..."
"Finally, it was spread that Queen Zhaojie was not only mad, but also going to die. But after all, she was the queen of a country. Queen Zhaojie could not just be captured. But the betrayal of her biological son, the betrayal of her parents and brothers, made her My heart was completely chilled, so I set myself on fire in Yaoyue Tower..."
Ren Ruyi's face was full of chills: "They really deserve to die, and the second prince is even more unforgivable. The empress regards him as the most important, and he actually helped Emperor An to kill the empress. He is simply unworthy of a human being."
Zhou Chen also felt that the second prince was extremely stupid. Emperor An and the eldest prince all had their own purposes in wanting the queen to die. But the second prince was better off. His biggest supporter was the queen, but in the end he ruined his mother's life and lost himself. The biggest backer.
Emperor An just asked him to make him the prince, and he actually stupidly agreed. How stupid was this?
But when I think about the plot, after this guy was exiled to Tianmen Pass, he actually colluded with Beipan and let Beipan into the pass. I know that this person has no bottom line. He is not as good as a pig or a dog, so he deserves to die without a burial place.
"What are you going to do? No matter what you do, I will help you."
Ren Ruyi pondered for a long time before speaking: "Either Emperor An, the eldest prince, or the second prince are not easy to kill. Your mission is here to rescue Emperor Wu this time. If I had caused trouble before you, Big movements are also a big obstacle to your rescue. I can't harm you all just for my own sake."
During the days from Wudu to Andu, in addition to getting married to Zhou Chen, she also established a certain friendship with other people in the mission, especially Yang Ying, who she regarded as her disciple.
She wanted revenge, but she didn't want to implicate the mission.
Zhou Chen gently caressed Ren Ruyi's cheek. This assassin who looked cold and cold was actually the most emotional and the most heart-wrenching one.
"You are my wife. We are husband and wife. Your business is my business. As for rescuing Emperor Wu Yang Xingyuan, Ning Yuanzhou and I have already made a plan. You don't have to worry."
Two days later, as expected, as Ren Ruyi said, someone from Zhu Yiwei took the initiative to leave a secret note and asked her to meet.
After talking to Zhou Chen, the two of them worked together and asked Ren Ruyi to show up to see him, while Zhou Chen was hiding in the dark and ready to support him.
Ren Ruyi made an appointment with Jialingru, the right envoy of Zhu Yiwei. Jialing knew Ren Ruyi's power and pretended to surrender and beg for mercy, but how could Ren Ruyi be deceived by her? In the end, the two sides still broke up and met each other directly.
Even though Jialing was well prepared, she misjudged the situation. Ren Ruyi used to be a loner, but now, Ren Ruyi is no longer alone.
When Zhou Chen cleared away the secret agents she had arranged around her and appeared next to Ren Ruyi, her expression suddenly changed.
"Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that I am her husband. If you want to deal with my wife, as a husband, of course I cannot stand by and watch."
Some people in Jialing and Zhu Yiwei who knew Ren Ruyi felt incredible when they heard Zhou Chen's words. Ren Xin actually got married?
But Jialing's eyes became even fiercer: "Since we are husband and wife, let me send you on the road together, let's go!"
The battle broke out again, but Zhou Chen and Ren Ruyi joined forces, and even the elite of the Zhuyi Guards were still no match.
And with Ren Ruyi's mercy and persuasion, many Zhuyi Guards chose to flee after struggling for a while. In the end, only Jialing was left.
Ren Ruyi got the answer she wanted from Jialing, so she gave her a decent answer in the end.
Because she had read the intelligence about Empress Zhaojie with Zhou Chen before, and had also deduced a lot of causes and effects, so although Jialing's words shocked Ren Ruyi, she was not hit hard with mental preparation, but her heart became colder.
"The struggle for imperial power and the ups and downs in the officialdom are really unbearable to watch."
Ren Ruyi was really a little disheartened. She had been a tool for power struggles for so many years. At this moment, she was really disgusted and didn't want to be involved in it anymore.
"When we finish all this, we will go and wander around the world. No matter how chaotic the world is, if you want to intervene, you can intervene. If you don't want to intervene, we will live our own lives."
"Okay, I don't want to wait any longer, and I don't want to stay in Andu for long."
"Then let's make a quick decision."
After a few days, Yang Ying finally met Emperor An, but the result of the negotiation was not good. Emperor An deliberately delayed and never gave a definite answer. The delegation was in someone else's territory, so they could only endure it on the surface, but secretly, Ning Yuanzhou and his group had already started their plan.
At night, Zhou Chen and Ren Ruyi, together with Ning Yuanzhou and his group, discussed the action. They discussed for more than an hour before they determined the plan and left.
In fact, the current Anguo is not calm. First, there was a great victory in the battle of Tianmen Pass, and the Marquis of Changqing was very powerful. Then he married the Chuguogong Mansion, and then the eldest prince and the second prince fought for the position of the crown prince.
Now the envoys of Wuguo have arrived in Andu again. Some things have happened in Andu recently, so Andu is still calm on the surface, but it has been turbulent in secret.
A few days later, a piece of news set off the whole Andu. From the royal officials to the common people, they were all frightened by the news.
The streets and alleys of Andu were talking about the sensational news that started last night and spread throughout the city in just a few hours.
Five years ago, Empress Zhaojie was killed by Emperor An, his son and ministers. Not only that, it also revealed that Emperor An colluded with Bei Pan.
Although it is unknown whether this matter is true or not, it immediately caused heated discussions in the city after it was spread, because the nature of these two things is really too serious.
Empress Zhaojie has always had a good reputation in Anguo. When she was framed and went crazy, many people felt sorry for her. Now that the truth has been exposed, it naturally attracted the sympathy and anger of countless people.
The truth about the death of Empress Zhaojie has been hotly discussed, but it is still slightly less than the collusion between Emperor An and Beipan.
Beipan is the enemy of the Central Plains for generations, especially Anguo, which is adjacent to Beipan. Whenever Beipan invades the Central Plains, it must pass through Anguo. Anguo has suffered the most looting and massacres, so the degree of hatred of the people of Anguo towards Beipan is definitely ranked at the forefront among the nine countries in the Central Plains.
So when they learned that Emperor An was actually colluding with Beipan, the people of Andu did not dare to say anything casually, but they all had doubts about this majesty in their hearts.
In the palace, Emperor An kicked over the table and roared angrily.
"Who is it? Who is it?"
This is one of the biggest taboos that Andy covered up. At the beginning, he could even kill his first wife, the queen, for this matter. As a result, it was exposed now, and it spread all over Andu overnight. This was definitely prepared in advance.
To spread the news in such a short time, this person's power in Andu must be extraordinary. He thought of countless suspects, but he couldn't be sure.
Those who knew about this matter at the beginning had basically been executed by him, and those who were not dead would never leak it out.
The ones who spread the news were naturally Zhou Chen and his team. There were still some spies in the Andu branch of Liudaotang, and Ren Ruyi also had some people in Andu, plus some people sent by Jin Mei Niang. Everyone went out together, so the news could be spread overnight.
The purpose of doing this was naturally to cause chaos. As long as Andu was in chaos, it would be more convenient to do things.
When this happened, Emperor An was furious and directly mobilized the imperial guards of various departments to start eliminating those who talked the most. At the same time, he gave a death order to Zhuyiwei, asking them to investigate the mastermind behind the spread of the news. If they couldn't find out, let Zhuyiwei's commander Deng Hui kill himself.
As Emperor An issued his order, the chaotic Andu suddenly became much quieter, but this was only the calm before the storm, and all forces were now on alert.
Everyone could see that this incident was aimed at Emperor An, and the mastermind behind it must have a follow-up, so many people were waiting for the next move of the mastermind behind it, because they all knew that after making such a big fuss, the mastermind behind it would definitely have the next move.
Emperor An had the same idea, so he specially arranged people to keep an eye on the residence of the Wu Kingdom delegation.
The Wu Kingdom delegation was also under his suspicion. Although he felt that this possibility was extremely low, he still had to be on guard, after all, the incident happened not long after the Wu Kingdom delegation entered Andu.
Ning Yuanzhou and others also knew that someone had been watching them, so they had not taken any action, only Ren Ruyi and Zhou Chen were acting in secret.
Soon after the incident of Emperor An colluding with Bei Pan was exposed, another major event that shocked Andu happened again.
The eldest prince of Anguo, Hedong Wang Li Shouji, was assassinated and died. A dragon robe was found at the place where he died. The eldest prince actually kept the dragon robe privately.
When Emperor An learned about this, he fainted on the spot. This incident also caused a violent earthquake in the court of Anguo.
Deng Hui, the commander of the Red Guards, was beaten and kicked by Emperor An and was almost dragged out to be beheaded.
At the critical moment of life and death, Deng Hui suddenly had a quick mind and shouted that he knew who the murderer was.
"Who is it?" The tearing roar of Emperor An echoed in the hall.
"Former Red Guards Left Envoy, Ren Xin."
When Emperor An heard the name Deng Hui said, he was puzzled at first, stunned for a while, and then widened his eyes in disbelief.
"Ren Xin? Ren Xin, is that Ren Xin? Didn't she die a long time ago?"
"Your Majesty, she is not dead. Not long ago, Chen Gui, the left envoy of Zhuyiwei, was assassinated in the Zhuyiwei station. I suspected it was Ren Xin at the time, but there was no definite evidence. Now such a thing has happened. The only person who has such assassination skills and would risk his life to do such a thing is Ren Xin, Your Majesty..."
As Deng Hui shouted at the top of his lungs, Emperor An bypassed his death penalty and began to think about what he said.
It was indeed as Deng Hui said. If the mastermind behind the scenes was Ren Xin, everything would be clear. Ren Xin was Empress Zhaojie's man. He wanted to kill Ren Xin at the beginning. Over the years, he always thought that Ren Xin was dead.
If Ren Xin was not dead and returned to Andu, he would indeed do such a crazy thing to avenge Empress Zhaojie.
But what he couldn't figure out was that Ren Xin, a mere person, couldn't have such a great ability. Assassination was easy, but it was not something that Ren Xin could do alone to spread the news throughout Andu overnight, so someone must be helping Ren Xin.
But who was it?
"Investigate, investigate again, find Ren Xin, bring her to me, I want to see her in person."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do it immediately."
Deng Hui crawled out of the hall, and then mobilized the entire Zhuyi Guard to search for Ren Xin.
The eldest prince Li Shouji was indeed assassinated by Ren Ruyi. To be precise, it was Ren Ruyi and Zhou Chen who jointly assassinated him, but it was Ren Ruyi who took action in the end, and Zhou Chen cooperated on the side.
After assassinating Li Shouji, Zhou Chen and Ren Ruyi began the next step.